title: Anesthesia for opioid addict: Challenges for perioperative physician.
abstract: Opioid addiction is on a rise globally. Such a patient presents to an anesthesiologist as well as to the surgeon with an array of challenges. We present the case of an opioid addict (pentazocine) who presented for debridement and grafting of eschars and old healed scars. Initially he was medically managed for opioid addiction followed by a planned anesthesia. We hereby discuss the challenges faced during perioperative period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
authors.forename: Rohit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: Gurjeet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Khurana
authors.forename: Parul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jindal
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sharma
keywords: Challenges; naltrexone; opoid addiction; perioperative analgesia